Madison county’s Buddy Harwood said the move will reduce threat response time, but gun reform advocates have decried the decision
Reformists argue that stronger gun laws, and not further weaponizing educational premises, would be the most effective solution.
“There is no evidence that an officer armed with an AR-15 is more likely to stop an active shooter. An AR-15 is nearly three times more powerful than a typical handgun [and] already we’ve seen instances of school resource officers unintentionally discharging their weapons.and injured two students. Had that weapon been an AR-15, there could have been even greater casualties,” Brown said.“[It] could have deadly consequences.
“It’s disturbing that state lawmakers’ abject failure to pass common-sense gun safety laws has forced schools to even consider such dangerous and militaristic measures,” said Lee Ann Kelley, a volunteer with the North Carolina chapter of the campaign group Moms Demand Action.
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